New Delhi, July 7 -- Several leading medical organizations on Monday filed a suit against the US Department of Health and Human Services and its Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., arguing that the current policies on Covid-19 vaccine pose an imminent threat to public health.

According to a Reuters report, the group has asked the court to vacate Kennedy's recent directive removing the Covid-19 vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) childhood and pregnant-women immunisation schedules.

The group includes the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians, American Public Health Association, Infectious Diseases Society of America, and others, the report said.

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